Sideboard bracket



Feb. 26 1924. 1,485,279

E. s. LANDIS sIDEBoARb BRACKET Fi 1,ed Jan. 24, 1923 Patented Feb. 26,I924 UNETEE TATES EARL S. LANDIS, 0F MONROE, INDIANA. I

SIDEBOARD BRACKET.

Application filed January 24, 1923. Serial No. 614,629.

To a]? 107mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, EARL S. Iii-users, a citizen. of the United States,residing at Monroe. in the county of Adams and State of Indiana, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Sideboard Brackets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to structural elements of farm wagons and has forits object the provision of a novel side board bracket for grain bodyattachments for hay racks and the like.

An important object is the provision of a bracket of this characterdesigned to be used for detachably mounting side boards upon the sillsof a hay rack, the bracket being of such construction that it includes amovable portion which when moved to released or inoperative positionwill permit the side boards to be removed, the device entirely obviatingthe use of any bolts or other securing devices of a similar nature.

Anadditional object is the provision of a device of this character whichwill be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, highly efficient in use,durable in service and a general improvement in the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view the inventionconsists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hay rack equipped with side boardshaving my brackets thereon. the side boards being illustrated as held intheir proper or operative relation,

Figure 2 is a detail perspective view on a larger scale showing one ofthe bracket members in its operative position and Figure 3 is aperspective view of a portion of the hay rack showing one of the bracketmembers, the bracket member being illustrated as swung into inoperativeor released position to permit removal of the side boards.

Referring more particularly to the drawings the letter A designates theframe or bed or a hay loader which includes the usual longitudinalsupports B, transverse bars 0, floor D and side sills E. To thisstructure it is desired to attach the side boards F.

In carrying out my invention I provide at each side of the hay rack aplurality of holding devices which include portions carried by the sideboards and other portions co-acting therewith and carried by the sills.The structure carried by the side boards consists of an elongatedupright plate like body 10 bolted or otherwise secured onto the sideboards and formed or otherwise provided with spaced bearings 11. Thelower end of the member 10 terminates in an upturned hook 12. The hooks12 are designated to engage within eye bolts 13 which pass through thesills E. The numeral 14 represents the movable portion of the devicewhich is formed in the nature of an angle brace and which has itsvertical portion 15 terminating in trunnions 16 pivoted within thebearings 11. The lower, inner or rear corners of the braces 14 are cutaway as shown at 17 for the accommodation of the hooks 12 and eye bolts13 engaged thereby while the outer or front corners 18 constitute footmembers designed to bear upon the sills.

In installing my invention, the sills E are equipped with the eye bolts13 arranged at suitable spaced intervals. The side boards have securedthereto the members 10 and parts carried thereby. In mounting the sideboards upon the rack, it is first necessary to swing the braces 14: flatagainst the side' boards as shown in Figure 3, whereupon the side boardsmay be tilted sufficiently that the hooks 12 will enter the eye bolts,after which the side boards are brought into upright position and thebraces 14 are swung to extend outwardly at right angles to the sideboards, the foot portions 18 bearing-upon the sills E as most clearlyshown in Figure 2. In removing the side boards the reverse operation isfollowed.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawings it will beapparent that I have thus provided a simply constructed and consequentlyinexpensive bracket device for detachably mounting and yet rigidlyholding side boards upon a hay rack or the like for the purpose ofconverting the same into a wagon structure suitable for carrying grainand the like. It is to be noted that it is unnecessary to use any nuts,bolts or the like when placing the side boards in position or removingthem as the case may be, the operation being thus extremely simple andrequiring no skill.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of theinvention it is of course to be understood that I reserve the right tomake such changes in the form,

construction and arrangement of parts as will not depart from the spiritof the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention I claim:

1. A bracket device for detachably mounting side boards upon a hay rackfor the purpose of forming a wagon body, comprising supporting memberssecured upon the outer side of each side board and formed with hooks,eye bolts carried by the sills at the sides of the hay rack and withinwhich said hooks are engageable, and brace members pivoted upon saidsupports and swingable to extend at right angles thereto bearing uponthesills.

2. A bracket devicefor detachably mounting side boards upon a hay rackfor the purpose of forming a wagon body, comprising supporting memberssecured upon the outer side of each side board and formed with hooks,eye bolts carried by the sills at the sides of the hay rack andwithinwhich said hooks are engageable, and brace members pivoted upon saidsupports and swingable to extend at right angles thereto bearing uponthe sills, the supporting members being formed with spaced bearings, andthe brace members being formed with upper and lower trunnions revolublyengaged within said bearings.

3. A bracket device for detachably mounting side boards upon a hay rackfor the purpose of forming a wagon body, comprising supporting memberssecured upon the outer side of each side board and formed with hooks,eye bolts carried by the sills at the sides of the hay rack and withinwhich said hooks are cngageable, and brace members pivoted upon saidsupports and swingable to extend at right angles, thereto bearing uponthe sills, the supporting members being formed with spaced bearings, andthe brace members being formed with upper and lower trunnions revolublyengaged within said bearings, and the lower corners of the bracesnearest the supports being cut away for the accommodation of said hooksand the eye bolts engaged thereby.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

EARL S. LANDIS.

